{"id":12485,"date":"2016-11-28T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=12485"},"modified":"2016-12-15T17:12:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T17:12:27","slug":"my-cd4-is-over-500-im-taking-meds-but-the-side-effects-are-terrible-can-i-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/12485","title":{"rendered":"My cd4 is over 500, I&#8217;m taking meds, but the side effects are terrible. Can I stop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>WHO recommend that everyone who is HIV+should be on medication. This is even for people who have a high CD4.<\/p>\n<p>When people start ARVs, they may have side effects. Theses often \u00a0go within 2-4 weeks. If they don&#8217;t then you could speak to your doctor. For more info on dealing with side effects, please see the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/starting-treatment-for-the-first-time\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/starting-treatment-for-the-first-time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/4-side-effects-of-arvs\/4-common-side-effects-feeling-sick-diarrhoea-and-tiredness\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/4-side-effects-of-arvs\/4-common-side-effects-feeling-sick-diarrhoea-and-tiredness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hy there &#8230;I&#8217;m 26 years old n  hiv+. My cd4 count is 514..is it necessary to take arvs? Its been  3 weeks now n i cant stop vomiting. These arvs make me very sick and I&#8217;m  afraid my cd4 wil drop&#8230;help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-changing-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}